Market Update
April sales come roaring back…17% increase…really!
Sales in April 2012 were 645 in Ada County, an increase of 17% compared to April 2011. Year-to-date sales are 2,012; 11% over the first three months of 2011. Dollar volume for April was up 33%! New homes sold in April increased 78% over new homes sold in April of 2011!!…and are up 56% [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )March market report in pictures…because one is worth a thousand of those other things
Let’s start with Sales… Median prices are up double digits for the first time in years… The number of houses available is the lowest since 2001. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )March market report…I told you this was going to happen.
Sales in March 2012 were 515 in Ada County, a decrease of 2.2% compared to March 2011. Year-to-date sales are 1,353; 7.2% over the first three months of 2011. Even though sales were down a little; dollar volume for March was up 7%…(more on this in the “Median Price” section below) Historically, March sales [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 4 so far )February Market Report…it just gets better and better.
Sales in February 2012 were 439 in Ada County, an increase of 13.4% over February 2011. This is the strongest February sales we’ve had since 2007. Year-to-date sales are 829; 13% over the first two months of 2011. Historically, February sales outpace January by an average of 14%. February 2012 sales increased by 14% over [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 5 so far )Helping responsible homeowners and healing the market – Part 3
In everybody’s book, the cost of this program is in the billions. Who’s going to write that check? Today; Part Three - ”How the heck are we going to pay for this?” Refinancing Plan Will Be Fully Paid For By a Portion of Fee on Largest Financial Institutions: The Administration estimates the cost of its refinancing [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )January market report in pictures…
Because words are rarely the right medium…
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )January market report in…its going to be a good year.
2012 January sales were 384 in Ada County, an increase of 10.4% over January 2011. This is the strongest January sales we’ve had since 2007. Historically, January sales are the lowest of the year. January sales decreased by 100 units from December; down 20%. In the previous two years the drop off in sales from [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 6 so far )Helping Responsible Homeowners and Healing the Market – Part 2
Reactions to the President’s Plan; “Blueprint for an America Built to Last” are all across the board ranging from jubilation to angst. Will this plan exacerbate the slowness of our recovery or enable 10′s of millions of homeowners breathing room for their own family’s return to financial stability. With its focus on principal reduction, the lending community [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Helping Responsible Homeowners and Healing the Market
In his State of the Union address, President Obama laid out a Blueprint for an America Built to Last, calling for action to help responsible borrowers and support a housing market recovery. While the government cannot fix the housing market on its own, the President believes that responsible homeowners should not have to sit and [...]
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